Bolton are one of the biggest clubs in League One, if not the biggest club in division and they carry an excellent squad, so I was really pleased with what our players did throughout the course of the game.

The game could have gone either way. They had chances but then we had really good chances to put the game to bed and I think the players deserved that little bit luck.

It was a really tight encounter but I thought we played well and I think we defended well.

When the opposition throw the kitchen sink at you like they did, it’s very, very difficult to get out but we didn’t look under any major threat too many times.

Rochdale had never beaten Wanderers in a league game. The two sides have existed for the most part at very different ends of the spectrum.

But here in League One, a goal from one of Phil Parkinson’s former charges, Steven Davies, consigned them to the most disappointing defeat since Bolton’s players trudged off the pitch last season, relegated from the Championship.